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Topic: Artist chitchat (Read 5992 times)

I thought it'd be a good idea to have a little topic for the artists of Kumori-con to talk about they're art, troubles they've faced, accomplishments, artist blocks, and maybe even schooling.

First things first:

I tend to like to draw myself and my friends more than anything. When something fun happens or my friends and I come up with a silly idea about us, I always get the urge to draw it. It's not like I'm conceited about us or anything, I think I just like the fact that I get to draw us all cartoony like, with a bit of personification.

I do like to draw fanart and my own OC's, but I like my bro's a lot better. I never really post any of it though, because I don't think many would care to see it.

I have had shows at galleries, in college and in town, and exhibits at conventions. But my art isn't anime style. Mostly installation pieces, performance art, photos by and of me, often paired with poems (often by me), and collage, and sometimes crafts such as when I have made my own ritual candles and soaps.

I naturally draw in anime and style, but lately I have been crossing anime style with my realism in order to make my own style that stands out, but doing cartoons is what I love, and what I want to do as a career.

I can do realistic art like they teach in drawing classes, with still lifes and models and all that, but I really only do those to prove I can do something besides cartoons. And most of my art comes from the billion of stories and characters I have floating around in my head.... I need to actually make a full length comic....

@ Kimiski, if you are looking for pointers on starting out, we in Creation Station offer workshops on Making Manga and Webcomics 101. There is also a trio who made a graphic novel that impressed me, whom I am trying to recruit for next year. Stay tuned to your Creation Station for details

I guess my art has a slight anime-esque look to it. But honestly its way more original. The only similarity is some what large eyes(but their more realistic) and simple features. I'm not that good at realism no matter how hard I try.

@Kero-sempai I wish I could actually start a comic. That's one of my problems is that I can come up with a great comic idea or I have characters that I draw constantly and that have a story but I can't seem to pull anything together. I just don't have that ability.

Well, I for one am NOT that great of a drawer. However, I can do okay enough to where I did comics for my college newspaper for a year. I'm wanting to make a webcomic based off of my experience with McDonald's & Taco Bell.

Well, I for one am NOT that great of a drawer. However, I can do okay enough to where I did comics for my college newspaper for a year. I'm wanting to make a webcomic based off of my experience with McDonald's & Taco Bell.

Well, I for one am NOT that great of a drawer. However, I can do okay enough to where I did comics for my college newspaper for a year. I'm wanting to make a webcomic based off of my experience with McDonald's & Taco Bell.

Probably a lot of hilarious stories from that eh?

Oh, yeah... some of them could possibly scare people away from getting a job at Taco Bell. When I was originally planning this, I worked on a guideline idea for it. I made 80-90 comics in a notepad. However, the backpack I had it in got stolen one day (as did a Ranma 1/2 Music VHS tape ). I have some friends at school that loved it, as well as both Taco Bells I worked at and some teens that I know at Washougal High School.

I mostly draw OCs and occasionally fanart. I cant seem to draw just "random people" XDIm almost done drawing chapter 0 (0 because it doesn't feel like a chapter 1 to me) of a story I'm working on. 27 out of 30 pages YEAAAAHHH 8D''

I've been drawing lots of fan art lately, though my school [portland AI] came up with a proposition, I can do my regular course work, or create a 10 page manga. I kinda took there offer way out of proportion and wrote a story that's 50 pages. I plan on posting it all on DeviantArt [I have 3 pages done 1,3 are on DA now, 2 got deleted from my computer when he crashed]. As well as turning it in of course. I've also been shying away from creating OC's. They become a pain.

I have about 30 characters (probably a little less now that I got rid of some) and I already have most of complex story thought out I just have to patch up some holes, think up a satisfying ending and draw it, then I'll submit it somewhere.

I like to draw in a more "cartoony" style. Im not too good with colored pencils, and never tried copics so I like to use photoshop. I usally draw with mechanical pencil and then ink and color it on photoshop. Photoshop and I are tight. ; D

We could have a sleepover and you could sit and listen to me talk for 3 hours about it XDI got rid of some, not many because I realized they didnt do anything. as in they might of done something like a looong time but not anymore and all they do is sit there and I forget about them D:Sadly Nothing is one of them. But since I love her to much Im going to use her in something else ;-;

I dunno yet. I guess I should say "try and get it published somewhere" instead XD

Oh, yeah... some of them could possibly scare people away from getting a job at Taco Bell. When I was originally planning this, I worked on a guideline idea for it. I made 80-90 comics in a notepad. However, the backpack I had it in got stolen one day (as did a Ranma 1/2 Music VHS tape ). I have some friends at school that loved it, as well as both Taco Bells I worked at and some teens that I know at Washougal High School.

That's terrible! I hate when stuff like that happens. restarting a genius idea after losing it is like...UGH. It's so terrible I don't want to describe.

I mostly draw OCs and occasionally fanart. I cant seem to draw just "random people" XDIm almost done drawing chapter 0 (0 because it doesn't feel like a chapter 1 to me) of a story I'm working on. 27 out of 30 pages YEAAAAHHH 8D''

I use to only draw random people when I was younger. Now I have a set of OC's I could never live without. But I still keep coming up with more. >_>

Oh, yeah... some of them could possibly scare people away from getting a job at Taco Bell. When I was originally planning this, I worked on a guideline idea for it. I made 80-90 comics in a notepad. However, the backpack I had it in got stolen one day (as did a Ranma 1/2 Music VHS tape ). I have some friends at school that loved it, as well as both Taco Bells I worked at and some teens that I know at Washougal High School.

That's terrible! I hate when stuff like that happens. restarting a genius idea after losing it is like...UGH. It's so terrible I don't want to describe.

Thanks, but I'm fine with it; they were only a first draft. I hope that the thief read them and laughed so hard that s/he felt bad and committed seppuku.

If any of you like to draw Original Characters for others or yourself, or just want something to draw that is different from what you are used to (it isn't manga-esk), I've got a fantasy character in my head that I would love to have drawn for me. Anyone who feels up for it let me know and I'll give you a few reference pictures and notes on what it looks like. Thanks.